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The Bangladesh Navy currently operates two submarines, five guided missile frigates, two patrol frigates, six guided missile corvettes, minor surface combatants of various types including offshore patrol vessels, coastal patrol boats, missile boats, minesweepers, auxiliaries, amphibious landing craft and rapid response boats.
The Bangladesh Navy (Bengali: বাংলাদেশ নৌবাহিনী, romanized: Bangladesh Nou Bahini) is the naval warfare branch of the Bangladesh Armed Forces, responsible for the defence of Bangladesh's 118,813 square kilometres (45,874 sq mi) of maritime territorial area, and the security of sea ports and exclusive economic zones of Bangladesh.
BNS. Bangabandhu. BNS Bangabandhu ( Bengali: বানৌজা বঙ্গবন্ধু) is a guided-missile frigate of the Bangladesh Navy. She is currently based at Chattogram, serving with the Commodore Commanding BN Flotilla (COMBAN). She is currently the only frigate of the Bangladesh Navy armed with ASW torpedo and gun based CIWS .
BNS. Somudra Joy. BNS Somudra Joy [1] [note 1] is one of the two largest ships of the Bangladesh Navy along with her sister ship BNS Somudra Avijan. Although originally a high endurance cutter the Bangladesh Navy reclassified the ship as a frigate. They acquired the ship from the United States under Excess Defense Articles.
Somudra Avijan. BNS Somudra Avijan is one of the two largest ships of the Bangladesh Navy along with her sister ship BNS Somudra Joy. Although originally a high endurance cutter the Bangladesh Navy reclassified the ship as a frigate. The Bangladesh Navy acquired the ship from the United States under Excess Defense Articles.
2 x 2 cell C-802A anti-ship missiles. 1 x 8 cell FL-3000N. 2 × 6-tube Type-87 ASW rocket launchers. Aviation facilities. Helicopter deck. BNS Shongram is a Type 056 surface warfare guided missile corvette of the Bangladesh Navy. She was built at Wuchang Shipyard of China. She is the third corvette of the class for the Bangladesh Navy.
The Type 053H3 frigate BNS Umar Farooq was previously known as Lianyungang (522) which served with the People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) in the East Sea Fleet. The ship was launched in October 1997 and commissioned to the PLAN in January 1998. [citation needed] On 5 August 2019, she was decommissioned to be sold to the Bangladesh Navy. [2]
The ship was launched on 26 December 2016. The President of Bangladesh, Abdul Hamid, commissioned the ship into the Bangladesh Navy on 8 November 2017. Design. BNS Durgam is 64.2 metres (210.6 ft) long overall, with a beam of 9 metres (29.5 ft) and has a 5.25 metres (17.2 ft) draught with a displacement of 648 tonnes.